Availability of Spine Neuronavigation in Africa

Prevalence of Spine Surgery Navigation Techniques and Availability in Africa: A Cross-sectional Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04927273

Enrollment

113

Registered

2021-06-15

Start date

2021-01-24

Completion date

2021-03-30

Last updated

2021-06-15

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Conditions

Spine Disease

Keywords

Access, Africa, computer-assisted surgery, neuronavigation, spine surgery

Brief summary

In this study, the availability of spine neuronavigation in Africa was evaluated. Access to surgical equipment is an important goal of global surgery and global neurosurgery. The study findings show that there are regional differences in access to spine neuronavigation techniques and highlight that the major barriers to increased prevalence are cost and lack of trained personnel.

Interventions

OTHERSurvey

Surveyed neurological and orthopedic surgeons

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Neurological and orthopedic surgery residents, fellows and consultants working in Africa.

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Availability of neuronavigation	1 month	Number of neuronavigation units as discrete unitless counts available at African neurosurgery centers will be collected using an electronic survey

Countries

Cameroon

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026